| Sunday, 17 January 2010 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Annual Meeting Registration Begins |
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| 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday
Weatherfest |
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| 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, B314
First-Time Attendee Briefing |
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| 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, B314
Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards |
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| 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B2
Fellows Reception |
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| Monday, 18 January 2010 |
| 7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Registration Open |
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| 9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2
Presidential Forum |
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| 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, B216
Joint Session 1 Mitigation and adaptation to climate change (Joint between the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, the Committee on Climate Services, the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, and the First Environment and Health Symposium) |
Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
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| 11:00 AM | J1.1 | Regional climate modeling and decision aids
Glenn Higgins, Northrop Grumann TASC, Chantilly, VA; and D. Apling, R. Alliss, and H. Kiley |
| 11:15 AM | J1.2 | Bounded rationality in climate change policy development
Amanda H. Lynch, Brown University, Providence, RI; and R. D. Brunner |
| 11:30 AM | J1.5 | Climate Change Adaptation in Southwest Ecosystems
Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| 11:45 AM | J1.3 | Seeing the world through a political lens: the connection between weather and climate change perceptions and beliefs
Hank Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Goebbert, K. E. Klockow, M. Nowlin, and C. Silva |
| 12:00 PM | J1.4 | Advancing Climate Adaptation in Wildlife Conservation
Amanda Staudt, National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA; and D. Inkley, P. Glick, B. Stein, N. Edelson, and J. Kostyack |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, B312
Joint Session 2 The emergence of new scientific partnerships (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, and the First Environment and Health Symposium) |
Chair: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
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| 4:00 PM | J2.1 | Climate Adaptation Partnerships in Semiarid North America
Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| 4:15 PM | J2.2 | The FEMA Hurricane Liaison Team: Bridging the Communication Gap (because Great Minds Don't Always Think Alike)
Matthew Green, FEMA, Miami, FL |
| 4:30 PM | J2.3 | Partnership between the Državni hidrometeorološki zavod (DHMZ) and the University of Oklahoma (OU)
Ivan Cacic, Državni hidrometeorološki zavod, Zagreb, Croatia; and B. Ivančan-Picek, B. Lipovšćak, K. Pandzic, B. Terek, V. Tutiš, G. Zuccon, K. Crawford, R. A. McPherson, K. L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, and J. T. Snow |
| 4:45 PM | J2.4 | The Norman, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Weather Committee: A Framework for New Partnerships Among Industry, Government and Academia
Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. L. Qualley, V. Rose, and A. M. Suggs |
| 5:00 PM | J2.5 | The Weather And Society *Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Program: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
G. Thomas Behler Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Gruntfest, J. Demuth, J. K. Lazo, and E. Laidlaw |
| 5:15 PM | J2.6 | User engagement activities at NOAA's national climatic data center 
Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B1
Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception |
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| Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B202
Joint Session 3 The New Energy Economy (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
Chair: Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chicago, IL
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| 8:30 AM | J3.1 | The New Energy Economy Invited Speaker
Steve Messner, Environ Corp., Novato, CA |
| 8:45 AM | J3.2 | The Role of Atmospheric Science in Renewable Energy Usage
Betsy Weatherhead, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 9:00 AM | J3.3 | NOAA's potential to support carbon-free renewable energy: observations, forecasts and climate studies
James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. Marquis |
| 9:15 AM | J3.4 | Global Energy Use and Options for Renewable Economic Growth
Hugo A. Loaiciga, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 9:30 AM | J3.5 | Space-based Earth observations: Informing energy management decision making
Richard S. Eckman, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr. |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Exhibits Open |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B202
Joint Session 5 Applied Studies (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
Chair: Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chicago, IL
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| 11:00 AM | J5.1 | Improvements in NOAA modeling and data assimilation to improve guidance for the renewable energy industry
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown, J. B. Olson, J. Wilczak, R. Banta, G. DiMego, and F. Weng |
| 11:15 AM | J5.2 | Knowledge Discovery and Dissemination for Climate Extremes and Uncertainty
Auroop R. Ganguly, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and K. Steinhaeuser, A. Sorokine, E. Parish, S. C. Kao, N. Singh, and M. L. Branstetter |
| 11:30 AM | J5.3 | Statistical downscaling of wind for California wind farms with an application to 21st Century climate scenarios
David K. Mansbach, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Cayan |
| 11:45 AM | J5.4 | Impacts of climate change on global wind energy resources
Scott J. Eichelberger, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood, B. Nijssen, and K. J. Westrick |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, B208
Kuettner Symposium Luncheon |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall) |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B202
Joint Session 6 Energy Supply and Demand (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
Chair: Stephen Bennett, EarthRisk Technologies, San Diego, CA
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| 1:30 PM | J6.1 | Energy Supply & Demand Invited Speaker
Josh Logsdon, Round Rock Energy LLC, Cincinnati, OH |
| 1:45 PM | J6.2 | Interacting with energy: a summary of user engagement activities of the energy industry at NOAA's national climatic data center
Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. G. Houston, J. N. Lott, and H. J. Ray |
| 2:00 PM | J6.3 | The impact of dynamic climate normals to the natural gas industry
Mark S. Russo, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Chicago, IL |
| 2:15 PM | J6.4 | Forecasting extreme cold snaps in the Northeast: Weather and Climate
Alexander Gershunov, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and K. Guirguis and S. Bennett |
| 2:30 PM | J6.5 | Influence of ENSO on renewable U.S. energy supply
Klaus Wolter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 2:45 PM | J6.6 | Improving long-range hydropower forecasts in snowmelt dominated basins
Mark T. Jelinek, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA; and R. D. Garreaud |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B216
Joint Session 4 Research on extreme weather and climate events and inter-relationships (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the First Environment and Health Symposium, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, and the Committee on Climate Services) |
Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
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| 3:30 PM | J4.1 | The relative increase of record high maximum temperatures compared to record low minimum temperatures in the U.S
Gerald Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Tebaldi, G. Walton, D. R. Easterling, and L. R. McDaniel |
| 3:45 PM | J4.2 | A common Midwestern question: Where have all our 90°F days gone?
David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and V. A. Gensini and J. Prell |
| 4:00 PM | J4.3 | Using large scale circulation indices to predict the intensity of cold air outbreaks over extended time scales across the southeastern U.S
Charles E. Konrad, NOAA Southeastern Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 4:15 PM | J4.4 | Heat waves and cold spells in a warming climate
Karsten Steinhaeuser, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and A. R. Ganguly |
| 4:30 PM | J4.6 | Extreme european weather regimes
Ricardo Morais Fonseca, Portugal; and B. J. Hoskins and M. Blackburn |
| 4:45 PM | J4.7 | Meteorological features of observed trends in U.S. heavy precipitation events
Kenneth E. Kunkel, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. R. Easterling, B. E. Gleason, D. A. R. Kristovich, R. A. Smith, and L. Ensor |
| 5:00 PM | J4.8 | Contemporary climatic changes in North America and Northern Eurasia with foci on extreme events and transitions through environmentally and socio-economically significant thresholds
Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Knight and T. R. Karl |
| 5:15 PM | J4.5 | Climatological, meteorological, and societal implications for the large number of fatalities from central Florida Dry Season tornadoes during El Nińo
Bartlett C. Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and L. A. Jordan, A. L. Moses, S. M. Spratt, and D. F. Van Dyke III |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B202
Joint Session 7 Wind Energy (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
Chair: Jerry H. Crescenti, Iberdrola Renewables, Portland, OR
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| 3:30 PM | J7.1 | Reducing wind energy forecast uncertainty through improved measurements and modeling
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. L. Pichugina |
| 3:45 PM | J7.2 | Modeling the Atmospheric Boundary Layer for Wind Power
Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and F. J. Zajaczkowski and K. J. Schmehl |
| 4:00 PM | J7.3 | Using AWS-WeatherBug observations and the WRF-ARW model for wind energy applications
Elena Novakovskaia, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and H. Centola and L. A. Treinish |
| 4:15 PM | J7.4 | Gravity wave effects on wind farm efficiency
Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| 4:30 PM | J7.5 | Estimating threshold confidence for wind energy production
Ethan Cook, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Morrissey |
| 4:45 PM | J7.6 | Lidar measurements as an alternative to traditional anemometry in Wind Energy research
Yelena Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta and N. D. Kelley |
| 5:00 PM | J7.7 | Applications of scanning Doppler Lidar for the wind energy industry
Rod Frehlich, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Kelley |
| 5:15 PM | J7.8 | An examination of orthogonal expansions for estimating the wind power density function
Mark Morrissey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Cook |
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| Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
| 8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B202
Joint Session 9 Wind Energy: Applied Modeling and Forecasting I (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
Chair: Kathleen E. Moore, Integrated Environmental Data, LLC, Berne, NY
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| 8:30 AM | J9.1 | Speaker for Wind Engergy Invited Speaker
Donald Furman, Iberdrola Renewables, Portland, OR |
| 8:45 AM | J9.2 | A climate model investigation of lower-atmospheric wind speed biases over wind farm development regions of the continental United States
Jonathan Collier, Garrad Hassan America, Inc., San Diego, CA; and G. Zhang |
| 9:00 AM | J9.3 | Examination of spatial wind features associated with ramping events using MODE
Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bullock |
| 9:15 AM | J9.5 | An investigation of simulated low-level jets produced by different PBL schemes in the WRF-ARW as verified against tower data
Joseph B. Olson, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and National Research Council, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown |
|  | J9.4 | Wind energy site characterization with loosely coupled mesoscale-CFD modeling
Julia E. Flaherty, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. C. Richmond, C. L. Rakowski, J. A. Serkowski, and L. K. Berg |
| 9:30 AM | J9.6 | Using a large eddy simulation model to simulate wakes from large wind projects
John Manobianco, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and P. Beaucage, C. Alonge, and M. C. Brower |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer |
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| 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B202
Joint Session 10 Wind Energy: Applied Modeling and Forecasting II (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
Chair: Catherine A. Finley, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN
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| 10:30 AM | J10.1 | A Community Wind Energy Project in Rural Albany County, New York State
Kathleen E. Moore, Integrated Environmental Data, Berne, NY; and L. W. Pruskowski |
| | J10.2 | Application of an operational meso-scale modelling system for industrial plant energy operations
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Systems and Technology Group, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. Praino and J. H. Chapman |
| 10:45 AM | J10.3 | What really happened in Altona?
Elena Novakovskaia, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and L. A. Treinish and A. Praino |
| 11:00 AM | J10.4 | Peak load matching and the offshore wind resource
Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and B. H. Bailey, J. Manobianco, K. T. Waight, J. W. Zack, and M. Brower |
| 11:15 AM | J10.5 | Multiple satellite blended sea surface winds and their applications to offshore renewable energy
Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Reynolds and J. J. Sturman |
| 11:30 AM | J10.6 | A green roof demonstration project
Richard D. Clark, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and J. Price and J. Dougherty |
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| 11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall) |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B202
Joint Session 11 Issues on the Grid (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
Chair: Russell L. Bigley, Xcel Energy, Littleton, CO
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| 1:30 PM | J11.1 | Climate Change Impacts on Residential and Commercial Loads in the Western U.S. Grid
L. Ruby Leung, PNNL, Richland, WA; and N. Lu, T. Z. Taylor, W. Jiang, J. Correia, and P. Wong |
| 1:45 PM | J11.2 | Using multiple linear regression to develop a plant damage model for a major utility company
Brian J. Cerruti, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; and S. G. Decker |
| 2:00 PM | J11.3 | Statistical Solution to Forecasting Electric Power Outages Caused by Severe Storms
Hongfei Li, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish |
| 2:15 PM | J11.4 | Integrating renewable energy into the North American power grid: realities, challenges and opportunities
Mark L. Ahlstrom, WindLogics Inc., St. Paul, MN |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Joint Poster Session New Energy Economy Poster Session (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
| | 497 | Risk analysis for a mixed wind farm and solar power plant portfolio
Heinz-Theo Mengelkamp, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and D. Bendel, D. Obst, and R. Meyerhof |
| | 498 | Development of a wind resource map based on mesoscale model WRF over the Korean Peninsula
Young-Jean Choi, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and J. Y. Byon and B. K. Seo |
| | 499 | Incorporating weather into the Smart Grid
James H. Block, Telvent DTN, Minneapolis, MN |
| | 500 | Avoiding "subprime" carbon—applying lessons learnt from the current financial crisis to the carbon derivatives market
Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Cornall-Reilly and P. McBride |
| | 501 | Numerical simulation of wind power potential in Upstate New York
Robert J. Ballentine, SUNY, Oswego, NY; and S. Steiger and D. B. Phoenix |
| | 502 | Seasonal predictability of energy-relevant weather/climate variables
Hye-Mi Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster and J. A. Curry |
| | 503 | Improved capabilities for siting wind farms and mitigating impacts on RADAR observations
Steven R. Chiswell, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC |
| | 504 | Extreme winds and trends in the U.S
Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and N. D. Babij, D. Bernadette, and M. C. Brower |
| | 505 | Meteorological factors affecting solar radiation efficiency - applications to the tropics
Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL |
| | 506 | Operational evaluation of a meso-scale weather and outage prediction service for electric utility operations
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino, H. Li, E. Novakovskaia, J. M. Drexel, R. Derech, and B. Hertell |
| | 507 | Weather-driven characteristics of a reliable national renewable energy system
Alexander E. MacDonald, OAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Alexander |
| | 508 | A Plan of Satellite Data Assimilation in Supports of Renewable Energy Forecasts
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. D. Goldberg |
| | 509 | The impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on the U.S. Wind Resource
Daniel B. Kirk-Davidoff, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. Barrie |
| | 510 | Application and validation of a new multi scale wind flow modeling system
Michael C. Brower, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and P. Beaucage, J. Manobianco, and C. Alonge |
| | 511 | Collective effects of large scale wind energy
Amanda S. Adams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and D. W. Keith |
| | 512 | California's wind energy resource: seasonal cycle, synoptic and diurnal characteristics, and variability
David K. Mansbach, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Cayan |
| | 513 | Tornadoes, Thomson, and turbulence: an analogous perspective on tornadogenesis and coherent structure in the atmosphere
Marcus L. Büker, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and G. J. Tripoli |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B202
Joint Session 12 Solar Energy (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
Chair: Heidi Centola, CME Group, Chicago, IL
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| 4:00 PM | J12.1 | Speaker for Solar Invited Speaker
Richard Perez, SUNY/Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Albany, NY |
| 4:15 PM | J12.2 | Proposal for a solar and aerosol optical depth network for the United States
Joseph J. Michalsky, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and E. G. Dutton and T. Stoffel |
| 4:30 PM | J12.3 | Short-Term Solar Radiation Forecasts in Support of Smart Grid Technology
George D. Modica, AER, Inc, Lexington, MA; and R. d'Entremont, E. Mlawer, and G. Gustafson |
| 4:45 PM | J12.4 | Global Wind and Solar Energy Estimate and Forecasting
Quanhua Liu, Dell Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and M. Goldberg |
| 5:00 PM | J12.5 | GOES-based solar energy prediction products for decision makers
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Combs, S. Kidder, A. K. Heidinger, M. Sengupta, J. Knaff, D. W. Hillger, R. Brummer, and I. Laszlo |
| 5:15 PM | J12.6 | Improved forecasts of cloud fraction due to shallow cumuli
Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and W. I. Gustafson Jr. and E. I. Kassianov |
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| 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) |
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| 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4
AMS Annual Awards Banquet |
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| Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
| 7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Thursday, B208
Washington Symposium Breakfast |
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| 9:45 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B211
Joint Session 8 New challenges for applied meteorology and climatology (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the First Environment and Health Symposium, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, and the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research) |
Chair: Melissa Griffin, Florida Climate Center/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
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| 1:30 PM | J8.1 | Developing useful science: methods for engaging stakeholders and evaluating integrated climate tools
Gigi Owen, CLIMAS/University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. Averyt, K. Werner, and D. Ferguson |
| 1:45 PM | J8.2 | 10 years of the U.S. Drought Monitor: a look back and a look forward
Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and B. Fuchs, S. Scott, and J. Nothwehr |
| 2:00 PM | J8.3 | User-driven downscaling: advances in data apportioning and analysis to augment adaptation planning
Edwin P. Maurer, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and L. D. Brekke, T. Pruitt, K. D. White, E. Ochs, P. Duffy, and E. H. Girvetz |
| 2:15 PM | J8.4 | Trends of U.S. snowfall and snow cover in a warming world, 1948-2008
Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC |
| | J8.5 | Use of the Brazilian Model of Climate and Health (BHMC) in order to estimate admissions for respiratory diseases in Brazil
Micheline S. Z. S. Coelho, Weather Brasilian Service, Săo Paulo, Săo Paulo, Brazil |
| 2:30 PM | J8.6 | Martian dust storm hazards: improving characterization and forecasting
Nicholas Heavens, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and M. I. Richardson, I. J. McEwan, and M. W. Busch |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer |
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| 5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday
AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns |
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